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Before You Install

Consider the following items before you install the Report Server:

• Installing the Report Server on a host system with any other SiteMinder component is not supported. Be sure to install the Report Server on a separate host system.
• You install the Report Server using the installation media on the Technical Support site.

  Note: For a list of installation media names, see the Policy Server Release Notes.

• The Report Server is compiled as 32–bit native binary and is designed to use 32–bit data source middleware connectivity. If you are installing to a Windows 64–bit operating system, be sure to create the DSN using odbcad32.exe. This executable is located in the following location:

  install_home\Windows\SysWOW64.
  

  install_home

  Specifies the installation path of the Windows operating system.

• A UNIX console installation is not supported.
• The Report Server installation includes the following components that run as processes:
  • The Content Management Server
  • The Server Intelligence Agent

  These components require TCP/IP ports to communicate. The installer lets you modify the default settings to prevent port conflicts on the Report Server host system.

• Important! The installation zip contains multiple folders. The installer executable requires this folder structure. If you moved the Report Server installer after extracting the zip, copy the entire folder structure to the same location. Execute the installation media from this folder structure.
• Important! (UNIX) The user account installing the Report Server must have executable permissions on the directory that contains the installation media. If the user account does not have these permissions, run the following command:

  chmod -R+x directory
  

  directory

  Specifies the directory that contains the installation media.

• (UNIX) If you execute the Report Server installer across different subnets, it can crash. Install the Report Server directly on the host system.

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Locate the Installation Media

Installation Media Names

Windows

Follow these steps:

1. Be sure that you have reviewed the installation checklists.
2. Be sure that you have gathered the required information for the installer.
3. Exit all applications that are running.
4. Double–click installation_media.

   installation_media

   Specifies the Report Server installation executable.

   The CA Business Intelligence installation wizard appears and prompts you for a locale.

   Note: For a list of installation media names, see the Policy Server Release Notes.

5. Select English and click OK.

   The installer introduction appears.

6. Click Next.

   The CA license agreement appears.

7. Accept the license agreement and click Next.

   The installer prompts you to install CA sample templates.

8. Select No and click Next.

   Note: CA sample templates are not related to the SiteMinder reporting templates. The SiteMinder Report Server Configuration wizard installs the required reporting templates. You run the wizard after installing the Report Server.

   The installer prompts you to save a response file for a silent installation.

9. Select Yes and click Next.

   An installation summary appears.

10. Review the summary and click Install.

    The installer installs the components. The CA Business Intelligence Setup wizard appears.

11. Click Next.

    The installer introduction appears.

12. Click Next.

    The SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise license agreement appears.

13. Accept the license agreement and click Next.

    The installer prompts you to select language packs. English is selected by default.

14. Leave the default English setting and click next.

    The installer prompts you for an installation type.

15. Select New and do one of the following steps to configure the report (CMS) database:
    • (Recommended) To install the embedded version of MySQL, select Install MySQL Database Server and click Next.
    • To configure an existing Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle database, select Use an existing database server and click Next.

      The installer prompts you for the Content Management Server port and the password for the SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise administrator account.

16. Complete the following steps:
    1. Specify the port on which the Content Management Server must listen.
    2. Specify a password for the default SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise administrator.

       Important! Do not select Configure the SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise Administrator password at a later time.

    3. Click Next.

       The installer prompts you for the Server Intelligence Agent node name and port.

17. Specify a node name and port. Click Next.

    The installer prompts you to configure the report (CMS) database.

    Important! The Report Server is a CA common component that CA products can share. As such, the installer lets you configure the report database to database types and versions that other products support, but SiteMinder does not. For a list of supported database types and versions, see the SiteMinder r12.0 SP3 Platform Support Matrix.

18. Do one of the following steps:
    • (Recommended) If you are configuring MySQL, enter the password for the root user account and the report database administrator credentials.
    • If you are configuring Microsoft SQL Server:
      1. Select SQL Server (ODBC) and click Browse to open the SQL Server Logon screen.
      2. Select a DSN and enter administrator credentials.

         Note: If you are installing on a 64-bit version of Windows, select Consume DSN created under WOW64. The option lets you use a 32–bit DSN.

      3. Click OK.
    • If you are configuring Oracle, enter the required values for the service name and the administrator credentials.

      Note: Do not configure an Auditing Database. This component is not related to SiteMinder audit–based reports. The Content Management Server Auditing Database is used to audit activities specific to the Report Server and is not used for SiteMinder. A SiteMinder audit database is required to run audit–based reports.

19. Click Next.

    The installer prompts you to select a web application server.

20. Complete the following steps:
    1. Select Install Tomcat application server and deploy to it.

       Note: SiteMinder only supports the embedded version of Apache Tomcat.

    2. Clear the IIS Web Application Server option.
    3. Click Next.

       The installer prompts you for Apache Tomcat information.

21. Enter the Apache Tomcat ports and click Next.

    The installer prompts you to start the installation.

22. Click Next to start the installation.

    The installer prompts you when the installation is complete.

23. Clear the Launch SAP BusinessObjects Administration Console option and click Finish.

    The Report Server is installed.

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Installation Media Names